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2008 Vintage: The Herbie Hancock Shock

Why did River: The Joni Letters win Album of the Year? Because the Grammy voters saw a jazz legend covering Joni Mitchell and collectively decided that Kanye West’s Graduation could wait another year.

Part of the 37 Grammy Jokes: The 2008 “Rehab, Retro-Soul & The Jazz Heist” Edition archive. Historically Verified

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⏳ Time Capsule: This is how we rolled in the first two decades of the internet

@Lion_King_Simba01/16/2008 23:08Hakuna Matata! No worries, just laughs.
@Linux_Distro_Fan10/13/2008 00:32Runs perfectly on my 486 machine.
@Fresh_Prince_Will04/26/2001 07:43Chillin’ out, maxin’, relaxin’ all cool and laughing.
@Terminator_2_Fan10/07/2009 20:16Hasta la vista, baby! Funny!
@Jesus_Quintana11/22/2004 10:56Nobody fucks with the Jesus! (Great joke).
@Guestbook_Signer08/10/2006 18:31Just stopping by to say: COOL SITE!

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